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Bob Menendez

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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.

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Jan 22, 2015

This amendment protects private property from unjust seizure by foreign corporations using eminent domain proceedings against the will of those who are not willing sellers. Let me read a letter from the Nebraska landowners to the majority…

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Jan 21, 2015

I strongly agree with him that we need to be focused on measures to help middle-class families instead of keeping in place tax loopholes geared toward special interests with high-paid lobbyists.

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Jan 21, 2015

this is a very simple amendment. It prohibits TransCanada from using eminent domain proceedings to seize private property in order to build the Keystone XL Pipeline. As we all know, eminent domain is the power of a governmental entity to…

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Jan 21, 2015

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up my amendment No. 72 to protect private property from unjust seizure by a foreign corporation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so…

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Jan 21, 2015

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To ensure private property cannot be seized through condemnation or…

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Jan 20, 2015

Iran is not prohibited from carrying out ballistic missile work.

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Jan 20, 2015

It showed unity, unity here in our government, that we are focused on Iran, not on the fights in Congress.

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Jan 20, 2015

If an access issue arose to the joint commission, would the IAEA still get access within 24 days, if any members of the joint commission disagreed on its significance?

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Jan 20, 2015

I do not think anyone in giving you the national security waivers ever thought the President was going to suspend them.

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Jan 20, 2015

the Iran Sanctions Act that I authored with others, it needs to be reauthorized now.

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Jan 20, 2015

I did not support the JCPOA as it was negotiated. But now that we are in 2 years of the agreement's implementation, we cannot just walk away without risking the credibility of U.S. commitments.

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Jan 20, 2015

the agreed framework agreement with North Korea in my view failed in large part over something that was not explicitly covered

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